The Lincoln County New Mexico war is considered by many to be the greatest example of civil disobedience and vigilantism in the Old West. The Dolan- Riley (Politician/attorneys) faction was allied with the local sheriff George Peppin against the McSween Tunstall faction (merchant/cattle ranchers) that included Billy the Kidd. The war was a battle between newcomers and old timers for economic domination of the largest county in the U.S. The War culminated on July 19,1887 as the U.S Army entered Lincoln and sided with the sheriff and his men. McSween and many of his men were killed but Billy the Kidd escaped to fight another day. Thus ended one of the bloodiest range wars in U.S history.